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A week after arriving in Green River, Christopher Nielsen recalls feeling stressed about not having any job prospects and the possibility of being homeless. He had come to Green River from Utah to help look after his friends’ two children as they worked to establish themselves after moving to the city. Dealing with a lack of sleep as well, Nielsen told Third Judicial District Court Judge Suzannah Robinson one of the children, 5-year-old Anthony James Radcliff, wasn’t listening to him as he tri...
A former Wyoming Legislator from Green River entered not guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of solicitation of prostitution and interference with a peace officer Friday afternoon. John Hastert, 62, was arrested Thursday after Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office deputies claim Hastert attempted to seek sexual favors from an undercover operative during a sting operation initiated by multiple Wyoming law enforcement agencies. Hastert is also accused of resisting arrest, being taken down by...
The Johnson and John single-shot vaccine is available to Sweetwater County residents after distribution was temporarily halted following reports of blot clotting in rare instances. According to the Sweetwater County District Board of Health, use of the vaccine resumed Wednesday. According to the board of health 15 instances of blood clotting was reported out of 6.8 million doses of the vaccine distributed. The issue was reported in women aged 18-59 and included other symptoms including nausea,...
Tommy D. Thomas, 67, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2021 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a life-long resident of Rock Springs. Mr. Thomas was born January 29, 1954 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of Thomas J. Thomas and Shirley M. Kaumo. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1972 graduate of Rock Springs High School. Mr. Thomas worked at Tom's Wyoming Glass for 48 years until his retirement in 2015 as a Glazier. He enjoyed spending time at his cabin in Pinedale,...
Tammy Nowland, 56, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming, of a sudden illness. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Mrs. Nowland was born April 19, 1964 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Wayne Walker and Peggy Corhn Walker. She attended schools in Rock Springs and obtained her GED. Tammy married Dale Nowland on August 19, 1994 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She loved spending time with her family and her four furry friends. Becoming a...
James Leroy "Popeye" Saylor, 90, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2021 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was born February 19, 1931 in Sutter, California. He was a proud veteran of the United States Navy and served during the Korean War. After his time in the service, he married Eileen Marshall in San Francisco, CA. He was a professional truck driver for over 45 years, a profession he loved., where he learned thousands of jokes and was always willing to share them. Survivors include his...
Leon Martin Cain, 62, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021 in Rock Springs, WY. He was a resident of Sweetwater County for the last 9 years and a former resident of Clayton, California. He was born on January 6, 1959 in Lodi, CA, the son of George Cain and Dolly LeClair. Leon attended schools in CA and graduated from the Rio Vista High School. He worked as an over the road truck driver. Leon married Nicole Titone in Reno, Nevada on March 6, 1998. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Debbie L. Bodin, 67, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2021 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was born on July 15, 1953 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the daughter of Jimmie Elmer Bodin and Verlinda Olivia Simons. Debbie attended schools in Rock Springs and graduated with the class of 1972. She worked as a sales clerk at Walmart until her retirement in August of 2019. Debbie was a member of the Victory Christian Fellowship Church. She enjoyed spending her time with family and her chihuahua,...
David Martinez, 62, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Evanston, WY. He was a resident of Rock Springs, WY. He was born on March 9, 1959 in Rock Springs, WY, the son of Connie Thomas. David attended schools in Rock Springs, Wy and worked 46 years, the last as an industrial painter for Barch Industries. He married Connie Sallee on July 5, 1987 in Rock Springs, WY. He enjoyed spending his free time rock hunting, shooting, camping, watching westerns and war movies. Above all else he loved...
All Jeff Stout wants to do is give back to Green River. Stout, the owner of both Club 86 and the Hitching Post Restaurant, said he doesn't need the money generated from his recent purchase of the city's sole bowling alley. He doesn't even bowl, saying the game hurts his knees. What he wants is to give families a fun activity in Green River. "I work full time, I don't need this," he said. "The city of Green River could use it. This is one of the few things for families to do." He purchased the...
Lauren Lee loves being in the water. "From a young age, I fell in love with the water and I don't want to leave," she said. Lee jokes that when she's unable to swim, her parents' water bill goes up. After swimming with the Lady Wolves for four years, Lee will be leaving to go to school at a college within diving distance of the ocean and giving her the opportunity to study marine biology -- a field she's long been interested in. Last Wednesday, she signed a letter of intent to swim for Fresno Pa...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Care Compare website refreshed its star ratings. Star ratings are meant to help consumers understand the quality of care provided by hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services methodology for calculating the star rating has been updated, affecting the ratings of healthcare centers nationwide. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is no exception. The 5-year-old CMS star rating system summarizes a variety of measures into a single star rating for each hospital. CMS simplified and...
On another chilly windy spring day, Green River hosted a a large group of high schools Friday, many they have been competing with throughout season. The larger schools included neighboring Rock Springs, Evanston, Jackson, Riverton and Lander. The smaller schools were Mountain View, Kemmerer, Lyman, Pinedale, Big Piney, Little Snake River and Manila, Utah. There were more than 110 competitors in some of the individual events and the wind and the cold caused many of the times and distances to be...
Following a week plagued by injury and player absences, the Wolves soccer team is looking to show what they can do at full strength this week against the Rock Springs Tigers Thursday. Both the boys and girls took on Evanston Wednesday, but the results of that game were unavailable as of press time. The boys lost a close game to Star Valley last week, dropping the game 2-1. The sole goal scored by the Wolves was from Braxton Cordova. Head coach Kahler Dawson said the team, despite injuries, was...
The historic revenue crisis facing Wyoming’s state, county and municipal governments is threatening to claim yet another casualty: universally available ambulance service. The state-wide problem is perhaps most acute in Fremont County, where a five-year-old cost-saving plan has unraveled, leaving the nearly Vermont-sized region without a single outfit interested in providing service beyond June. Amid an economic downturn and significant budget cuts, Fremont County Commissioners opted to privatize the county’s ambulance service in March 201...
POWELL — After years of diligently manning aquatic invasive species checkpoints with trained inspectors, testing water systems and preparing for the worst, invasive zebra mussels were delivered to Wyoming via first class mail. For more than a decade, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has been actively planning and gearing up to keep damaging invasive species of mussels out of the state. It was once one of six states in the lower 48 proud to be mussel-free. That is, until this spring. Invasive zebra mussels were found in aquarium moss purchas...
The 2021 Wyoming Legislature passed several bills that will make changes to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department laws and regulations. Many of these bills have an impact on the public, too. The following is a summary of the notable Game and Fish-related bills that passed, how they will impact the public and the next steps for implementation. Game and Fish will continue to provide updates as these changes move through the regulation proposal process. Hunting and fishing access - reliable funding (HB0122) Sportspeople can anticipate more places...
Take a brief look at data released from the 2020 census and one thing becomes very clear -- the West is booming. The population growth in many of Wyoming’s neighbors over the last decade is staggering. Utah saw an 18.4% increase in its population. Idaho saw a 17.3% increase, while Colorado had 14.8% growth in its population. Even South Dakota and Nebraska had notable gains in their populations, recording growth of 8.9% and 7.4% respectively. Wyoming’s population grew too -- by 2.3%. According to a Wyoming Tribune-Eagle article, that amo...
Dear Editor, Well, Wyoming, we almost did it. The House passed the Medical Treatment Opportunity Act, HB162, but the Senate failed us on SF154, Medicaid Expansion with Federal Match Requirements. Representative John Romero-Martinez, how can we ever thank you and your six co-sponsors* for your exceptional leadership in taking HB162 to and through the House? (Clifford, Connolly, Harshman, Henderson, Provenza and Zwonitzer) We appreciate you so very much, Senator Rothfuss, and your twelve co-sponsors as well, for your courageous at- tempt to...
